Mount Seymour · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Mount Seymour

How families and households are made up across the area.

Typical households in Mount Seymour are smaller than in most similar areas. With an average of 2.3 people per home, the area is slightly smaller than the national figure, though it remains close to the Tasmanian average.

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Where Mount Seymour sits — Average household size

2.3 —
  • 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
  • 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
  • 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
  • 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
  • 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
  • 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
  • 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
  • 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
  • 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
  • 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
  • 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
  • 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
  • 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
  • 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
  • 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
  • 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
  • 3.9–4.0: 258 areas

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Mount Seymour — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Mount Seymour2.3
7120, TAS 2.2
Tasmania 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 60.7% of homes are shared by two people, while 21.4% of residents live alone. This rate of single-person households is well below both the state and national figures.

2.3 —

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.4
  • 2021: 2.3

Average number of people usually resident per household.

21.4% —

Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 30.8%
  • 2021: 21.4%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Mount Seymour, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 4 people (24%) and 1 person (18%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples make up the vast majority of families here, with 45.3% having no children and 43.8% having children. One-parent families account for 9.4%, which is well below the Tasmanian and Australian figures.

9.4% —

Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 10.3%
  • 2021: 9.4%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Mount Seymour splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (46%) and Couples with children (44%), with One-parent families at 10%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Mount Seymour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60433/mount-seymour/topic/family-households